evacuate

避難する、避難させる

危険な場所から離れる、または人々を安全な場所へ移す。

やさしい英語で： To leave a dangerous place, or move people away from it to safety.

• Everyone must evacuate the building.
• Police evacuated residents after the gas leak.
• We evacuated before the flood reached our street.

使い方： evacuate someone from something (Rescuers evacuated families from the flooded village.); evacuate someone to somewhere (They evacuated the children to a nearby school.)

類義語： leave, clear, move to safety

よく使う表現： evacuate a building, evacuate residents, evacuate the area

排出する、真空にする

空間や容器の中身、特に空気やガスを取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To remove the contents of a space or container, especially air or gas.

• The pump evacuates the chamber.
• They evacuated the air before sealing the tube.
• The vessel must be evacuated before the experiment begins.

使い方： evacuate something from something (The pump evacuates air from the chamber.)

類義語： empty, pump out

反対語： fill

よく使う表現： evacuate a chamber, evacuate a vessel, evacuate the air

無効にする、取り消す

合意や決定の法的な効力を正式になくす。

やさしい英語で： To officially end the legal force of an agreement or decision.

• The court evacuated the contract.
• The decree evacuated their marriage.
• The judges evacuated the earlier judgment after finding an error.

類義語： annul, nullify, invalidate

反対語： validate

よく使う表現： evacuate a contract, evacuate a judgment, evacuate a marriage